Moab Turkey Boogie 2003

Vertigo Turkey Boogie 2003

Who: Any jumper who has at least 30 BASE jumps and wants to jump a bunch of new areas in Moab.
What: Guided approaches to many new sites and revisiting many old favorites. Turkey dinner at the shop on Thursday evening.
Where: Moab Utah. If you arrive early, call the Vertigo shop upon your arrival in Moab and we will let you know what’s happening at that moment.
When: From November 27th through November 30th. Many jumpers are arriving early. If you are arriving early, we will help you hook up with other jumpers at that time. We will start guiding on Thursday morning. Meet at the McDonald’s parking lot at 7a.m.
Why: Because most people don’t have the time to find new exit points when they come here on vacation. We currently have about 70 exit points and about 1,198 to go. Last year the weather was perfect all day for the entire event, this is typically the best time of the year to jump, however 2 years ago we got shut down pretty hard by the winds. It is usually calm all day and the temperature is perfect (in the 60’s). It’s not a bad idea to come prepared with a Winter jacket and a rain jacket as well.
How much? This year we are charging a $25 boogie fee. We are giving $5 from each participant to the BLM this year for permits. Your money will get you all the free guiding you can handle, transportation by Coyote Shuttle on Saturday for Mineral Bottom, a Vertigo T-shirt, lunch at Mineral bottom on Saturday and a Turkey dinner on Thursday night (everyone brings a side dish).

Tentative schedule of events:

Thursday November 27th:
Meet at McDonald’s at 7:00a.m. for a convoy out to Day Canyon and possibly one other location.
Dinner will start at 6pm at the Vertigo shop. At this time you will have the option of choosing which adventures you will go on the following day.
Friday November 28th:
All participants will meet your group leader wherever and whenever they told you to the night before. Some destinations include Echo Canyon, Black Dragon Wash, Moonflower Canyon, Potash Road, Mill Creek, Fisher towers, the Rim wall, etc… Each guide will be moving on to additional locations throughout the day.
Saturday November 29th:
We will spend the day out at Mineral Bottom, a Unimog(military transport) will be shuttling jumpers up from the bottom all day. Jumpers will want to bring whatever you need for the day as it is a 30 minute drive back to the last gas station once you are there. Vertigo will be setting up the grill and serving burgers and hot dogs again.
Additional information:
There are many hotels(Motel 6 is offering a sweet deal to jumpers again-just mention that you are coming out for the Vertigo BASE jumping event (435) 259-6686), a hostel-which includes the Watermelon and Grandmother’s house (435) 259-6057, and spaces in some rental houses available. Camping is always an option here, but be prepared for some very cold nights. We will have fixed ropes set up at some of the more technical sites. For these, you will want jumars, slings and a harness(and everything else you need to jug) to access these sites. Some are only twenty foot sections that can be toproped(harness only) but one is a 100 foot vertical wall which requires a knowledge of ascent with jumars. We do not have any tower climbs/jumps planned at this time, but if anyone is interested in this type of specialty jump, please contact us prior to the boogie so that we can arrange climbing partners. We have some new sites and some great new adventures planned.
Thank you and we look forward to another great event.
Jimmy and Marta

Vertigo Base Outfitters
2710 So. Hwy. 191
Moab, Ut. 84532
Vertigobase.com
(435) 259-1085